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Macquarie Group Limited23 April 2008 DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS, OR WITH RI STATUS BUT NOT DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY (Rule 38.5(b) of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader Macquarie Capital Securities (Australia) Limited Company dealt in BHP Billiton Limited Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4dealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 22 April 2008 2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE (a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class ofrelevant security dealt in (Note 2) Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total 0 0 0 0 (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company,other than the class dealt in (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Long Short Number Number (%) (%) (1) Relevant securities (2) Derivatives (other than options) (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell Total (c) Rights to subscribe (Note 2) Class of relevant security: Details Ordinary shares ISIN: AU000000BHP4 3. DEALINGS (Note 3) (a) Purchases and sales Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (Note 4) See Annexure A (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 5) Number of securities (Note 6) Price per unit (Note 4)e.g. CFD (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, selling, Number of securities Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money purchasing, to which the option American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 6) price European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 4) (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 4) (d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 3) Nature of transaction (Note 7) Details Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 4) 4. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relatingto the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form isreferenced. If none, this should be stated. Is a Supplemental Form 38.5(b) attached? (Note 8) YES/NO Date of disclosure 23 April 2008 Contact name Johanna Uy Telephone number +44 (0) 2030374339 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto PlcNature of connection (Note 9) Connected principal trader Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(b) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk Annexure A: Stock Purchase / Quantity Price SaleBHP Purchase 2583 43.8BHP Purchase 1 43.8BHP Purchase 57 43.8BHP Purchase 7359 43.8BHP Purchase 15000 43.8BHP Purchase 2150 43.7BHP Purchase 300 43.7BHP Purchase 300 43.7BHP Purchase 300 43.7BHP Purchase 300 43.7BHP Purchase 40 43.7BHP Purchase 1610 43.7BHP Purchase 5000 43.69BHP Purchase 5000 43.69BHP Purchase 3400 43.69BHP Purchase 105 43.69BHP Purchase 300 43.69BHP Purchase 300 43.69BHP Purchase 200 43.69BHP Purchase 300 43.69BHP Purchase 300 43.69BHP Purchase 369 43.69BHP Purchase 11 43.69BHP Purchase 26 43.69BHP Purchase 250 43.69BHP Purchase 922 43.69BHP Purchase 625 43.69BHP Purchase 360 43.69BHP Purchase 500 43.69BHP Purchase 1176 43.7BHP Purchase 856 43.7BHP Purchase 4454 43.63BHP Purchase 600 43.63BHP Purchase 542 43.63BHP Purchase 2124 43.63BHP Purchase 2280 43.63BHP Purchase 7484 43.68BHP Purchase 5000 43.68BHP Purchase 100 43.68BHP Purchase 75 43.68BHP Purchase 2341 43.68BHP Purchase 5000 43.6BHP Purchase 10000 43.7BHP Purchase 9 43.7BHP Purchase 26 43.7BHP Purchase 369 43.7BHP Purchase 64 43.7BHP Purchase 369 43.7BHP Purchase 7913 43.7BHP Purchase 337 43.7BHP Purchase 65 43.7BHP Purchase 11 43.7BHP Purchase 40 43.7BHP Purchase 77 43.7BHP Purchase 2 43.7BHP Purchase 14 43.7BHP Purchase 1 43.7BHP Purchase 703 43.7BHP Purchase 6 43.7BHP Purchase 1232 43.73BHP Purchase 200 43.73BHP Purchase 860 43.73BHP Purchase 135 43.73BHP Purchase 64 43.74BHP Purchase 859 43.74BHP Purchase 860 43.74BHP Purchase 860 43.74BHP Purchase 430 43.74BHP Purchase 2182 43.74BHP Purchase 675 43.74BHP Purchase 1637 43.74BHP Purchase 10000 43.7BHP Purchase 1873 43.68BHP Purchase 358 43.68BHP Purchase 1500 43.68BHP Purchase 27 43.68BHP Purchase 21 43.68BHP Purchase 9 43.68BHP Purchase 8 43.68BHP Purchase 369 43.68BHP Purchase 368 43.68BHP Purchase 467 43.68BHP Purchase 847 43.67BHP Purchase 1277 43.67BHP Purchase 876 43.67BHP Purchase 9071 43.7BHP Purchase 5 43.7BHP Purchase 65 43.7BHP Purchase 447 43.7BHP Purchase 96 43.7BHP Purchase 316 43.7BHP Purchase 43 43.69BHP Purchase 900 43.69BHP Purchase 300 43.69BHP Purchase 500 43.69BHP Purchase 5722 43.69BHP Purchase 2288 43.69BHP Purchase 4 43.69BHP Purchase 121 43.69BHP Purchase 700 43.69BHP Purchase 300 43.69BHP Purchase 800 43.69BHP Purchase 322 43.69BHP Purchase 2700 43.6BHP Purchase 9 43.6BHP Purchase 8 43.6BHP Purchase 45 43.6BHP Purchase 27 43.6BHP Purchase 26 43.6BHP Purchase 1498 43.6BHP Purchase 54 43.65BHP Purchase 1000 43.65BHP Purchase 77 43.65BHP Purchase 2 43.65BHP Purchase 7 43.65BHP Purchase 3860 43.65BHP Purchase 924 43.65BHP Purchase 1076 43.65BHP Purchase 168 43.65BHP Purchase 832 43.65BHP Purchase 6 43.65BHP Purchase 162 43.65BHP Purchase 8 43.65BHP Purchase 26 43.65BHP Purchase 500 43.65BHP Purchase 8 43.65BHP Purchase 26 43.65BHP Purchase 264 43.65BHP Purchase 3685 43.67BHP Purchase 600 43.67BHP Purchase 200 43.67BHP Purchase 800 43.67BHP Purchase 300 43.67BHP Purchase 300 43.67BHP Purchase 500 43.67BHP Purchase 5000 43.66BHP Purchase 142 43.66BHP Purchase 136 43.66BHP Purchase 24 43.66BHP Purchase 1275 43.87BHP Purchase 725 43.87BHP Purchase 6000 43.88BHP Purchase 2000 43.87BHP Purchase 1648 43.87BHP Purchase 27 43.87BHP Purchase 26 43.87BHP Purchase 77 43.87BHP Purchase 222 43.87BHP Purchase 370 43.86BHP Purchase 75 43.86BHP Purchase 4999 43.89BHP Purchase 3001 43.89BHP Purchase 456 43.89BHP Purchase 99 43.89BHP Purchase 2445 43.89BHP Purchase 4823 43.86BHP Purchase 2971 43.86BHP Purchase 1814 43.86BHP Purchase 1 43.86BHP Purchase 108 43.86BHP Purchase 27 43.86BHP Purchase 26 43.86BHP Purchase 4 43.86BHP Purchase 20 43.86BHP Purchase 1440 43.86BHP Purchase 1000 43.86BHP Purchase 560 43.86BHP Purchase 2000 43.86BHP Purchase 467 43.85BHP Purchase 77 43.85BHP Purchase 100 43.85BHP Purchase 1356 43.85BHP Purchase 291 43.85BHP Purchase 3 43.85BHP Purchase 1706 43.85BHP Purchase 12916 43.85BHP Purchase 84 43.85BHP Purchase 101 43.85BHP Purchase 899 43.85BHP Purchase 2000 43.71BHP Purchase 30 43.71BHP Purchase 200 43.71BHP Purchase 84 43.71BHP Purchase 588 43.71BHP Purchase 161 43.71BHP Purchase 1937 43.71BHP Purchase 4999 43.71BHP Purchase 1 43.71BHP Purchase 499 43.71BHP Purchase 1700 43.71BHP Purchase 230 43.71BHP Purchase 996 43.71BHP Purchase 111 43.71BHP Purchase 700 43.71BHP Purchase 764 43.71BHP Purchase 180 43.7BHP Purchase 4152 43.71BHP Purchase 302 43.71BHP Purchase 200 43.71BHP Purchase 346 43.71BHP Purchase 1654 43.7BHP Purchase 607 43.7BHP Purchase 57 43.7BHP Purchase 500 43.72BHP Purchase 600 43.72BHP Purchase 900 43.72BHP Purchase 800 43.72BHP Purchase 900 43.72BHP Purchase 300 43.72BHP Purchase 500 43.72BHP Purchase 300 43.72BHP Purchase 53 43.72BHP Purchase 147 43.72BHP Purchase 143 43.72BHP Purchase 300 43.72BHP Purchase 900 43.72BHP Purchase 657 43.72BHP Purchase 467 43.72BHP Purchase 300 43.72BHP Purchase 300 43.72BHP Purchase 300 43.72BHP Purchase 633 43.72BHP Purchase 3 43.73BHP Purchase 2400 43.73BHP Purchase 900 43.73BHP Purchase 697 43.73BHP Purchase 203 43.73BHP Purchase 300 43.73BHP Purchase 31 43.73BHP Purchase 79 43.73BHP Purchase 200 43.73BHP Purchase 187 43.73BHP Purchase 22 43.73BHP Purchase 874 43.73BHP Purchase 606 43.73BHP Purchase 5028 43.73BHP Purchase 200 43.73BHP Purchase 252 43.73BHP Purchase 200 43.73BHP Purchase 3000 43.73BHP Purchase 758 43.74BHP Purchase 4242 43.74BHP Purchase 5000 43.74BHP Purchase 8525 43.74BHP Purchase 200 43.74BHP Purchase 33 43.74BHP Purchase 3320 43.76BHP Purchase 1273 43.76BHP Purchase 3 43.76BHP Purchase 4966 43.76BHP Purchase 5000 43.8BHP Purchase 7206 43.8BHP Purchase 138 43.8BHP Purchase 369 43.8BHP Purchase 369 43.8BHP Purchase 500 43.8BHP Purchase 1418 43.8BHP Purchase 5000 43.8BHP Purchase 2211 43.8BHP Purchase 271 43.8BHP Purchase 500 43.8BHP Purchase 1751 43.8BHP Purchase 17 43.8BHP Purchase 250 43.8BHP Purchase 5000 43.8BHP Purchase 102 43.8BHP Purchase 2890 43.8BHP Purchase 378 43.8BHP Purchase 663 43.8BHP Purchase 223 43.8BHP Purchase 277 43.8BHP Purchase 467 43.8BHP Purchase 3444 43.79BHP Purchase 111 43.79BHP Purchase 31 43.79BHP Purchase 200 43.79BHP Purchase 369 43.79BHP Purchase 368 43.79BHP Purchase 200 43.79BHP Purchase 2806 43.79BHP Purchase 7080 43.79BHP Purchase 3 43.81BHP Purchase 968 43.81BHP Purchase 54 43.83BHP Purchase 300 43.83BHP Purchase 300 43.83BHP Purchase 400 43.83BHP Purchase 343 43.83BHP Purchase 163 43.83BHP Purchase 654 43.83BHP Purchase 2786 43.83BHP Purchase 4997 43.83BHP Purchase 3 43.83BHP Purchase 3 43.83BHP Purchase 4995 43.83BHP Purchase 2 43.83BHP Purchase 368 43.83BHP Purchase 80 43.83BHP Purchase 35 43.83BHP Purchase 369 43.83BHP Purchase 561 43.83BHP Purchase 289 43.83BHP Purchase 174 43.83BHP Purchase 119 43.83BHP Purchase 5 43.83BHP Purchase 658 43.82BHP Purchase 68 43.82BHP Purchase 799 43.82BHP Purchase 26 43.82BHP Purchase 500 43.82BHP Purchase 102 43.82BHP Purchase 119 43.82BHP Purchase 17 43.82BHP Purchase 500 43.82BHP Purchase 485 43.82BHP Purchase 477 43.82BHP Purchase 17 43.82BHP Purchase 68 43.82BHP Purchase 34 43.82BHP Purchase 153 43.82BHP Purchase 34 43.82BHP Purchase 112 43.83BHP Purchase 5 43.83BHP Purchase 77 43.83BHP Purchase 213 43.83BHP Purchase 104 43.83BHP Purchase 382 43.83BHP Purchase 107 43.83BHP Purchase 3 43.82BHP Purchase 3000 43.83BHP Purchase 700 43.82BHP Purchase 525 43.83BHP Purchase 4 43.83BHP Purchase 1 43.83BHP Purchase 32 43.83BHP Purchase 132 43.83BHP Purchase 154 43.83BHP Purchase 152 43.83BHP Purchase 153 43.82BHP Purchase 85 43.83BHP Purchase 2 43.83BHP Purchase 2643 43.82BHP Purchase 2 43.82BHP Purchase 10355 43.82BHP Purchase 32 43.82BHP Purchase 368 43.82BHP Purchase 369 43.82BHP Purchase 77 43.82BHP Purchase 2000 43.82BHP Purchase 5 43.82BHP Purchase 1 43.82BHP Purchase 148 43.82BHP Purchase 3994 43.8BHP Purchase 6 43.8BHP Purchase 306 43.8BHP Purchase 3694 43.8BHP Purchase 8942 43.79BHP Purchase 58 43.8BHP Purchase 187 43.79BHP Purchase 204 43.79BHP Purchase 119 43.81BHP Purchase 51 43.81BHP Purchase 306 43.81BHP Purchase 3400 43.81BHP Purchase 102 43.81BHP Purchase 51 43.81BHP Purchase 23 43.78BHP Purchase 500 43.78BHP Purchase 300 43.78BHP Purchase 500 43.78BHP Purchase 79 43.78BHP Purchase 218 43.78BHP Purchase 3380 43.78BHP Purchase 4207 43.78BHP Purchase 49 43.78BHP Purchase 744 43.78BHP Purchase 593 43.78BHP Purchase 425 43.78BHP Purchase 700 43.78BHP Purchase 400 43.78BHP Purchase 2882 43.78BHP Purchase 5000 43.78BHP Purchase 5000 43.77 Total 446239 PurchasesBHP Sale 25000 43.8BHP Sale 25000 43.7BHP Sale 25000 43.63BHP Sale 25000 43.62BHP Sale 25000 43.7BHP Sale 25000 43.7BHP Sale 25000 43.65BHP Sale 25000 43.88BHP Sale 6239 43.9BHP Sale 25000 43.86BHP Sale 25000 43.71BHP Sale 25000 43.73BHP Sale 25000 43.74BHP Sale 25000 43.8BHP Sale 25000 43.8BHP Sale 20000 43.82BHP Sale 25000 43.83BHP Sale 20000 43.82BHP Sale 25000 43.79 Total Sales 446239 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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